NASA Holds Annual “Day Of Remembrance” Written 31 January 2020
SPACE reports that Thursday was NASA’s annual “Day of Remembrance,” when the agency memorializes “three fatal space tragedies: the Apollo 1 fire of Jan. 27, 1967, the Challenger shuttle disaster of Jan. 28, 1986 and the Columbia shuttle accident of Feb. 1, 2003.” NASA said in a statement, “NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, along with other senior agency officials, will lead an observance at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.” It added, “A wreath-laying ceremony will take place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, followed by observances for the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia crews.”
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